Use Cases

Office 365 user monitoring

A week before resigning, an employee downloads 2,000 sensitive files to a personal drive. In native logs, it looks like normal work. In 1Security, it’s a red flag. Fragmented signals often stay hidden until panic sets in. 1Security turns scattered activity into a clear narrative, helping teams spot risky exit behavior and prove control. No more guesswork—just answers.

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What is the challenge?

  • The “Exit Strategy” Blindspot

    Employees rarely steal data at once. Small downloads and permission changes are spread across portals, making resignation risk easy to miss before they leave.

  • Fragmented signals & noisy alerts

    Activity is scattered across Entra ID, Exchange, and SharePoint, making it hard to connect actions. Manual correlation slows investigations and surfaces risk too late.

  • Privileged changes

    Access creep happens silently. Proving who granted admin rights, when it happened, and what followed often requires complex exports that slow investigations.

  • Shadow sharing

    Users share OneDrive and SharePoint links externally, but tracking who opened what, from where, and whether it was sensitive is hard.

  • Audit panic

    Users share OneDrive and SharePoint links externally to get work done—without a unified view, it’s hard to tell normal collaboration from long-term exposure.

Solution

Doing It with 1Security

Stop analyzing rows. Start seeing the story. 1Security reimagines Office 365 user monitoring by connecting dots that native tools leave disconnected.

  • Unified activity view

    Combine Entra sign-ins, Exchange actions, SharePoint and OneDrive events, and admin changes in a single feed that is easy to filter for investigations and audits.

    MS 365 Auditing With Time Travel - Centralizing Usage, Exposure and Permission Data Across Time for Forensics, Administration and Cybersecurity
  • Behavior-based alerts

    Detect Intent, Not Just Events - like impossible travel or a sudden spike in external sharing—and get alerted with the full context attached.

    Forensics access timeline
  • Privileged change tracking

    Track admin role grants, mailbox delegation, and SharePoint permission shifts so you can prove least privilege and spot abuse quickly across the tenant.

    Unified Microsoft 365 permissions monitoring in 1Security
  • External sharing visibility

    Instantly see when users create sharing links or invite guests. Know exactly what content is leaving your tenant and verify if it’s business-critical or just a lunch menu.

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  • Plain-language reporting

    Generate reports for security, compliance, and managers that explain activity and risk in plain terms, with exports ready for audits—no PowerShell required.

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  • Retention-friendly evidence

    Keep a consistent history of key user actions and admin changes so you can answer who did what and when, even months later, without rebuilding timelines.

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  • Copilot readiness checks

    Validate what Copilot and other AI assistants could surface by auditing overshared content and risky access paths tied to real user behavior before rollout.

    Copilot's exact file permissions and exposure across all users
Alternative solutions

Solving It with Other Methods

Most teams assume that because they have logs, they have answers. In reality, native tools give you millions of isolated data points but zero narrative. This “DIY” approach creates a dangerous false sense of security.

  • Siloed admin centers

    Attackers move laterally, but logs don’t. Entra ID sees the login, SharePoint the download, Exchange the email — but none show the full picture. By the time signals are manually connected, the data is gone.

  • CSV exports & PowerShell scripts

    Teams export logs to CSV and join them in Excel, while PowerShell offers the illusion of depth. Time zones, missing fields, and log retention limits slow investigations and leave results incomplete.

  • Point-in-time reviews

    Quarterly reviews catch some issues, but user behavior changes daily. Risky accounts or actions may be found late, if ever, after they have already caused impact.

  • Reactive “Search” vs. Proactive “Find”

    Native investigations depend on knowing what to query. Without a file name or exact timestamp, activity stays buried, and slow, low-and-steady theft is easy to miss.

Benefits

Why OneDrive Monitoring Matters?

Turn "I Think We're Safe" into "I Know We're Safe." Office 365 user monitoring isn’t just about compliance; it’s about protecting your competitive edge.

  • Prove least privilege

    Show exactly when access was granted, used, and removed, so privileged accounts stay controlled and you can demonstrate policy adherence during audits without extra tooling.

  • Reduce alert fatigue

    Stop chasing false positives. Cut through noise by focusing on user behavior that matters, like mass sharing or risky inbox rules.

  • Support compliance

    Meet requirements for GDPR, ISO 27001, or SOC 2 by keeping evidence of access and sharing decisions, with reports that map to controls and shorten audit cycles fast.

  • AI-ready governance

    As Copilot adoption grows, monitoring reveals overshared content and unusual access so you can tune permissions before AI amplifies the risk.

  • Slash Investigation Time

    Incidents can’t wait 48 hours while teams drown in noise. 1Security skips manual grunt work and instantly shows who accessed what, cutting investigation time and stopping damage fast.

"We finally saw exactly which users were downloading and sharing sensitive files. Audit prep went from days to hours."

Head of IT, European Consulting Firm

"Office 365 user monitoring used to mean stitching together portals and CSVs. 1Security gave us one timeline we could trust during an incident review."

Security Manager, Regional Bank

"We caught a compromised account forwarding mail externally within minutes. 1Security made the investigation straightforward for both security and compliance."

CISO, Research University
Customers

Who Benefits Most?

1Security supports organizations of all sizes — from highly regulated industries to fast-growing mid-size firms.

  • Professional Services

    Sharing deliverables with external users - protect site sharing while fostering collaboration.

  • Education / Research

    Engage students and guest users or collaborators securely without risking confidential information or oversharing to new and existing guests.

  • Regulated Industries and critical sectors (Finance, Healthcare)

    Enforce sharing settings, maintain control over external sharing in SharePoint, and meet compliance needs without manual effort.

  • Nonprofits / NGOs

    Collaborate across fast moving organization infrastructure while securing sensitive data and preventing misuse of share files workflows.

Integrations

Works seamlessly with your ecosystem

1Security connects natively with the tools you already use — giving you full visibility and control without adding complexity.

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Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about the product.

  • Do you support ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR work?

    Yes. 1Security maps findings and evidence to common control frameworks, helping organizations demonstrate compliance more efficiently.

  • Can non-technical stakeholders use it?

    Yes. Plain-language reports and read-only views make it easy for compliance, legal, and business stakeholders to see the evidence behind findings without needing admin rights.

  • Is this only for large enterprises?

    No. While designed for complex environments, 1Security is equally valuable for mid-sized organizations running Microsoft 365 or Office 365 that need strong visibility into access, activity, and compliance.

  • Will it reduce manual reporting for audits?

    Yes. 1Security prepares ready-made reports that tie user activity to controls, reducing CSV exports, ad hoc scripting, and repeated evidence requests.

  • Does this help with insider risk and data leakage?

    Yes. It highlights patterns such as bulk downloads, unusual sharing, or mailbox forwarding rules, so you can detect and respond to risky behavior sooner.

  • How fast can we investigate a suspicious sign-in?

    You can filter by user, IP, device, or location and review the related actions in one view, so investigation time drops from days to minutes.

  • Can I monitor guest users and external sharing?

    Yes. 1Security shows guest invitations, link creation, and external opens, so you can confirm exactly what was shared, with whom, and how those links are used.

  • What does Office 365 user monitoring cover?

    It tracks sign-ins, mail actions, file access, sharing events, and key admin changes, all tied to specific users so you can see how accounts are used over time.

Gain visibility. Ensure compliance. Boost productivity.

Stop guessing who has access to your sensitive data. With 1Security, you gain the visibility, automation, and confidence needed to protect your Microsoft 365 environment.